Team Taiwan wins 2 golds, silver, bronze at Inline Speed Skating World Championships

2021/11/17

Team Taiwan won two golds, a silver and bronze at the Inline Speed Skating World Championships Nov. 6 to 13 in Ibague, Colombia, according to the Ministry of Education.
 
The team contested six races in the track championship program, four in the road circuit championship program and one in the marathon program, the MOE said. The event was organized and staged by Switzerland-headquartered World Skate.
 
According to the MOE, Team Taiwan comprised four coaches and 11 athletes. Yang Ho-chen won gold in the women’s 1,000m sprint and bronze in the women’s 10K points elimination race, as well as contributing to the victory of the women’s 3,000m relay race alongside Li Meng-chu and Liu Yi-Hsuan, the ministry added.
 
Chao Tsu-cheng snatched silver in the men’s 1000m sprint race and Chen Yan-cheng got bronze in the men’s marathon, the MOE said.
 
According to the ministry, Taiwan’s performance at the world championship event is the best since the country’s debut at the games, finishing third in the medals table.
 
World Skate is the governing body for all roller skating sports, as recognized by the International Olympic Committee. It is the successor of the international roller skating federation before it was renamed in September 2017.”


Source: Taiwan Today (https://taiwantoday.tw/index.php)